Applied Nursing Research
Volume 18, Issue 3 , Pages 155-159 , August 2005

Acquiring medical services for individuals with mental retardation in community-based housing facilities

  • Kathleen Fisher, PhD, CRNP

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nursing, College of Nursing and Health Professions, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19102-1192, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
    • ,
  • Brigitte Haagen, DNSc, APRN, BC

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nursing, York College of Pennsylvania, York, PA 17405-7199, USA
    • Tel.: +1 717 815 1243.
    • ,
  • Fredrick Orkin, MD, MBA

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Penn State University College of Medicine, M. S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA 17033, USA
    • Tel.: +1 717 531 8521.

Received 7 February 2004 ,Revised 30 July 2004 ,Accepted 5 August 2004.

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PII: S0897-1897(05)00035-2

doi: 10.1016/j.apnr.2004.08.006

Applied Nursing Research
Volume 18, Issue 3 , Pages 155-159 , August 2005

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